Triton XVI, Lot: 72. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SKYTHIA, Tyra. Circa 330-310 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 5.46 g, 6h). Aeginetan standard. Head of Demeter facing slightly left, veiled and wearing grain ear wreath and necklace / Bull butting left; TYPAN[ON] above, Φ below. Anokhin 13 var. (control letter); Zograph,
Tyra –; SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –; Sutzu II –. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, flat strike at high points of obverse. Extremely rare, approximately only 9 examples of this variety, 5 of which are in museums.
From the Alex Shubs Collection.